With reference to the article of three very important commuter roads to be narrowed in order to recreate a medieval street pattern.

This shows the city council really have a programme of road narrowing at every opportunity. Redcliff Street is a main access from Bedminster to Broadmead, and St Thomas Street and Three Queens Lane major routes back to Bedminster.

Otherwise it means more traffic via Temple Meads and York road, putting more traffic onto fewer available roads, this enforces the council's opinion that we have massive congestion problems. Most of the congestion problems are designed by the city council and unnecessary.

We really do need an independent mayor who would be in charge of roads and transport and able to say no to these narrowing schemes.

He or she would have to be independent as it's no good electing a Labour or Liberal mayor as they are both of the same mind when it comes to mad-cap road schemes. The Liberals supported the traffic lights at the Prince Street Bridge; this shows where their policies are regarding roads.

The groups consulted were not too happy with many of the proposals. These details should have been reported long before Tuesday, May 19 so that a citywide opinion could be obtained, now it is cut and dried with a decision the following day.

Remove the old buildings and build new ones, but leave the road widths alone for a change. Just consider how the medieval street widths at the back of the Hippodrome are almost impossible to negotiate for a fire engine or ambulance.

D Whittern,

Knowle,

Bristol.